The fallout begins. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case to overturn California’s foie gras ban. The justices’ move ended years of legal wrangling in the Golden State, finally forcing restaurants to remove the fatty duck liver from their menus. The ruling is rippling around the world. And California’s ban […]
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Modelpreneur Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Beautycon Media chief executive officer Moj Mahdara have their sights set on creating their own beauty competition-style TV show. “We’re working on it,” said Mahdara on Thursday night in Los Angeles, where she and Huntington-Whiteley hosted an influencer-packed dinner to celebrate the winner of their “Next Beauty Star” social media contest.
“We were introduced through a mutual friend, actually our facialist Shani Darden, and I felt like I’d known Moj for 100 years,” explained Huntington-Whiteley, who in May launched her Rose Inc. lifestyle platform which highlights new products and personalities in the beauty space. “We talked about how we could bring the brands together and feeling like we wanted to create a mentorship program to find the next rising star in the industry.”
They set five weekly challenges for their followers (create a blue smoky eye, glowing makeup, a sun-kissed look using pastel products), reviewed submissions sent via social media channels, and picked the winner, Cameron Day, who they will be sending to beauty school in L.A. “We loved Cameron and she had a really great story, coming to beauty later in life and moving to L.A. from Detroit to start her career. Hopefully she’ll be doing my makeup soon,”
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SPACE MAN: Tavares Strachan is getting into fashion. The Bahamian artist has created a capsule collection and installation of six bomber jackets showing in Paris.
“I never thought I’d be producing something that people would wear,” said Strachan at a preview of the installation at the Crillon. “I don’t see this as fashion to me, this is sculpture.”
Branded under the name B.A.S.E.C., for the Bahamian Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center Strachan created after undertaking cosmonaut training a few years ago, the project is staged by edgy trade fair CIFF under the tagline “The Northwind Trilogy.”
Curated by Neville Wakefield, the three-part project was unveiled at Art Basel Miami in December before hitting Paris and will head to CIFF in Copenhagen at the end of the month.
The jackets were created in collaboration with the artist’s mother, and have a social as well as commercial ambition. Crafted by local women, money raised from their sale will be used to fund training initiatives for women in the island nation and inject resources into boosting local production.
Fewer than 600 jackets will be produced in total, and they will be offered to select retailers worldwide that can support the installation concept. They will sell for around $2,000
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PrettyLittleThing saw enough success with its first go collaborating with streetwear designer Karl Kani, it decided to give it another shot with a second capsule now dropped.
The unisex offering includes embroidered denim bottoms, jackets, joggers, oversize tops that can be worn as dresses, hoodies, skirts and accessories. This second offering is the first time PrettyLittleThing has offered a unisex collection.
Kani, a longtime designer influenced by hip-hop and street culture, grew up in Brooklyn and started his label in 1989 when he moved to Los Angeles.
PrettyLittleThing, part of Manchester, England-based Boohoo.com PLC, initially planned for only a single collaboration collection with Kani. However, strong sell-through was enough motivation to produce and release a second offering.
The initial collection, launched last May with 40 pieces, saw 80 percent of the styles sell out the first day of the launch. It marked the first time the company partnered with another brand on a collaboration. The newest collection reflects about double the stockkeeping-unit count of the first.
Some key or top-selling pieces may be released later, but this will likely be the final full collection drop with Kani, a spokeswoman with PrettyLittleThing said, since “we only ever really do two drops, because after that you’ll never get
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ART ATTACK: Homme Plissé Issey Miyake staged its first artistic presentation in Paris, on Thursday night at the Centre Pompidou. Guests in attendance lined all four walls of a vast room there, which made up the “playground” that the designer had created along with choreographer Daniel Ezralow.
To wit, there was a line of rings and a dangling rope, plus a tightrope in place before the beginning of the performance, which featured gymnasts, dancers and models. It sprang to life after a bell was chimed solemnly and men sprinted across the space to begin dressing.
A group of them lined up sporting a selection of the streamlined pleated clothing that comes in a wide array of saturated colors, from the brand’s fall 2019 collection created by Miyake and his design studio, and demonstrated how pieces can be mixed and matched. Two guys sporting wider garb did an amazing balancing act on the slack rope.
Homme Plissé Issey Miyake’s balancing act.
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Men walked, danced and ran around the room, filling it with a swirl of lush hues and an exuberant, joyful vibe. A high point was when some swung from the rings in ethereal, mesmerizing synchronized movement.
“Playgrounds are for everybody of all ages. A
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Flora Backer, the founder of Flora Nikrooz who launched her lingerie line Rya in 2016, is entering a partnership with Montelle.
William Haddad, the owner of the Montreal-based intimate apparel firm, said he wasn’t looking to work with new brands, but after meeting Backer and seeing the line, they started to have conversations and realized it was an alliance that made sense.
“It’s hard to not fall in love with Flora,” said Haddad. “She’s so passionate about what she does. She has an amazing track record and her line is amazing. I went from, I’m not interested at all, to taking a close look and getting to know each other and deciding to do it.”
Backer will continue to oversee Rya’s design and creative while Montelle will support the brand by handling inventory, shipping, customer service, accounting and a sales rep force in Canada and the U.S. that will help Backer enter more boutiques. Rya is sold at retailers including Anthropologie and specialty boutiques.
“Bill is a great thinker and is very in-tune with the future of the industry,” said Backer. “I am dedicated to body-positive, passionate and stylish women who are not afraid to break boundaries and express their own individuality. We hope
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